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How long will Google follow “Do No Evil philosophy”

Googleâ€™s very reason on such wild fire widespread popularity is that it didnâ€™t give two hoots about advertisers.Their first preference has always been to provide the cleanest ,fastest,most relevant information to its users from day one and all its activities has been centered around it. IT follows the Do No Evil philosophy which basically is meant to safe guard the interests of the usersâ€¦.

For a long time they didnâ€™t want to put advertisements in their search engine but of course they couldnâ€™t continue operations without making money so the started the Sponsored Links. Their basic premise has been to be the best source of information for users around the world. Thus they started Google News.When they felt consumers wanted info on the best possible deals around the world they started Froogle.Recently they started Google Scholar for all the academicians .Now they have an ambitious project to make available online all the information in all the books in all the libraries in the world.Im sure they will be successful in that too. Google slowly is getting into an all encompassing software for anything related to information.Be it search,storage,action,analysis or processingâ€¦.Everything u need will be provided by Google.

Now comes a passing thought.Stop and think for a second if thats a good thing or a bad thing. Google has now data on everyones preferences of shopping through Froogle,The news we listen to through News, The information people store through the Google Spreadsheets, The associations and networks of people through Orkut, access to personal and professional emails thru GMail,your personal thoughts through Blogger,find your house through Google Maps.Soon they will be offering services of free delivery of our most commonly ordered goods to our door steps. There is something eerie and scary about someone having access to all the information about you,your movements,your thoughts.WE are now believing Google information blindly.We do not stop to verify it at all.

Will this philosophy of Do No Evil Last for everâ€¦.All this information can be deadly dangerous in the wrong hands. Larry and Sergey are young now,but imagine a day 25 years from now when Google has become synonmous with its name is into a googol number of things and Larry and Sergey have to pass the mantle to someone else. What will happen then??? Its a public company and being a public company makes it accountable to its shareholders and shareholders want money and i find that heavily contradictory to the Do No Evil philosophyâ€¦.What if Google is taken over by the governement of worse used by the government without the knowledge of the people.??

Arenâ€™t we back in Geroge Orwellâ€™s book 1984â€¦â€¦I shudder still with such a thought and canâ€™t stop to think about the famous quotes in 1984

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength

Is it possible that a Co that started with the premise of Information is Strength will end up saying those last lines??? I donâ€™t know but its just a thoughtâ€¦.Would the Google Life end up in Google heaven or Google hell????Think abt it

TCS Ranked Among Top 10 U.S. Application Management Services Vendors

November 22, 2006 / Chirag Mehta / 0 Comments

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: TCS.BO, NSE: TCS.NI), a leading global IT services and consulting firm, today announced that IDC, a leading provider of global IT research and advice, has ranked TCS number 8 in market share among U.S. Application Management Services (AMS) vendors. TCS is the first offshore vendor to be in the Top 10 list in the U.S.

TCS to Implement 3G Solution in Macau

November 22, 2006 / Chirag Mehta / 0 Comments

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an IT services and consulting firm, has won a USD 8 million contract to implement a solution in Companhia de TelecomunicaÃ§Ãµes de Macau S.A.R.L. (CTM), Macau’s only full telecom service provider.

According to the company, the new contract breaks new ground in several areas:

First, this is the first end-to-end contract with a major telecommunications company in one of Asiaâ€™s fastest growing markets. The contract will involve TCS playing a key role in integrating new hardware and software from scratch.

Second, this is the first time TCS has been able to install a new solution in place, decommissioning the legacy IT infrastructure, within a short time frame of nine months. The system is expected to go-live on 28th February 2007.

This latest billing solution addresses CTMâ€™s different convergence needs, such as prepaid/postpaid, fixed/mobile, and data/voice/messaging, and enables effective management of all aspects of the customerâ€™s needs. It will pave the way for CTM to eventually deliver 3G mobile services.

Girls can break even the best of friendships

November 22, 2006 / Chirag Mehta / 0 Comments

Ack :- Vikas Pukale

Do you know the relationship between two eyes..?

they blink together,

they move together,

they cry together,

they see things together and

they sleep together

BUT THEY NEVER SEE EACH OTHER.. that’s what’s friendship

But when a beautiful girl comes in front, one eye goes blink and the other remains open ………………………………….

Moral of the story : Girls can break even the best of friendships.

McAfee faces phoney phishing claims

November 22, 2006 / Chirag Mehta / 0 Comments

McAfee backtracks on SiteAdvisor’s anti-phishing capabilities

McAfee has been forced to backtrack on claims that one of its products was misrepresented in a test of anti-phishing toolbars.

According to McAfee, last month’s Microsoft-sponsored report by researchers 3Sharp, which rated the software as poor at detecting phishing websites, was unfair because the version of SiteAdvisor assessed had never been designed to perform this function. â€¦

Errant Husband ….

November 22, 2006 / Chirag Mehta / 0 Comments

A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, right up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, “I would like to buy some cyanide.”

The pharmacist asked, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?”
The lady replied, “I need it to poison my husband.”

The pharmacists eyes got big and he exclaimed, “Lord have mercy! I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband! That’s against the law! I’ll lose my license! They’ll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen.

Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!”
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist’s wife.

The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, “Well now. That’s different. You didn’t tell me you had a prescription.”

Oracle On Demand Surpasses 1.7 Million User Milestone

November 21, 2006 / Chirag Mehta / 0 Comments

Oracle today announced that Oracle On Demand has surpassed a milestone of more than 1.7 million users, representing more than 2,200 customers. During Q1 FY07, Oracle On Demand revenue grew by nearly 50 percent. This momentum is being driven by a significantly expanded portfolio of On Demand services across Oracle’s software products, including subscription-based solutions, managed applications, and software management services.

According to industry analyst firms, Software as a Service (SaaS) will account for 25 percent of all new business software delivered by 2011. To ensure its customers can take full advantage of this trend, Oracle On Demand provides the industry’s broadest choice of business applications and deployment offerings to match virtually any business requirement.

From comprehensive subscription applications for rapid business results such as Oracle’s Siebel CRM On Demand, to industry-leading On Demand solutions for all of Oracle’s software offerings, global customers of every size are looking to Oracle On Demand as a trusted business partner.

Why Men are Happier!!!

November 21, 2006 / Chirag Mehta / 1 Comment

Men are just simply happier people, and here is why…

Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.
You can be President. You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car Mechanics tell you the truth.
………………

BSNL to launch IPTV in 3 months

November 20, 2006 / Chirag Mehta / 0 Comments

Indian telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has commenced testing of its Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service in Pune. It is following the footsteps of its competitor, MTNL, which had already launched the service in New Delhi and will soon offer it in Mumbai.

The company has tied up with the Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd (MKCL), a state government company, for integration of information technology in education and DiviNet, an infrastructure and technology provider.

For full text click here: Business-Standard

Book Airline Tickets through SMS

November 20, 2006 / Chirag Mehta / 0 Comments

Ack : – Hindubusinessline

Hutch, a leading telecom service provider, announced the facility to book domestic airline tickets with access to flight information through SMS. To provide this exclusive service, Hutch has entered into an alliance with Flightraja.com, a Bangalore-based online travel portal.

According to the Chief Marketing Officer of Hutchison Essar Ltd, Mr Naveen Chopra, the facility is provided in three easy steps. “This is the first time in the world that a service like this is being rolled out,” added Mr Vinay Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of Flightraja.

Payments can be made through VISA or Master Credit Cards and the entire transaction is encrypted providing complete safety and security, the Press release said.